Close to half of every Premier League season finishes with both sides on the scoresheet.

That single number is the entire basis of the both teams to score market, or BTTS as most punters call it.

In this soccer bet, you are not picking a winner, a margin or a scoreline - as you are backing whether each team finds the net, and the final result has nothing to do with it.

What Does BTTS Mean in Betting?

BTTS stands for both teams to score, and there are only two selections available.

Yes wins when each side scores at least one goal, while No wins when at least one team is kept off the scoresheet.

A 3-2 away defeat pays out a Yes. So does a 1-1 draw, a 4-3 and a 2-1. A 4-0 hammering loses it, because one team blanked. So does a goalless draw, and so does any 1-0.

Own goals count exactly as they do on the scoreboard. If a defender turns one into his own net, that goal is credited to the attacking side and it settles BTTS the same way any other goal would.

How the BTTS Market Settles

Sportsbet settles soccer bets on the score at the end of 90 minutes including stoppage time, unless a market says otherwise. Extra time and penalty shootouts usually do not count.

In the Premier League that distinction rarely bites, since league fixtures end after 90 minutes anyway.

Of course, it matters in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, where a 1-0 that becomes 2-1 in extra time still settles as a losing Yes.

Abandoned matches are normally voided unless the market has already been decided. If those knockout rounds are on your radar, our guide to how to bet on the Carabao Cup covers the EFL Cup in detail.

How Often Does BTTS Land in the Premier League?

The Premier League has been a high scoring league for years. The 2025/26 season produced 1,045 goals across 380 matches, an average of 2.75 a game, and recent seasons have sat in similar territory.

Goals per game and BTTS are not the same thing though, and confusing the two is the fastest way to get this market wrong.

A 4-0 is a four goal match with no BTTS. A 1-1 is a low scoring match that lands it comfortably. Clean sheets drive this market, not raw goal totals.

That is why the league splits so cleanly. Sides with elite goalkeepers and settled back fours suppress BTTS even when they score freely at the other end.

Mid table teams with open midfields and shaky defending push it the other way, and the fixtures between two of those sides are where the Yes side of the market spends most of its time.

BTTS Variations Worth Knowing

The straight Yes or No is only the starting point. A few related markets sit alongside it on most Premier League fixtures.

• Both teams to score and result: combines BTTS Yes with a home win, away win or draw. Longer prices, considerably harder to land, since you now need the goals and the right outcome.
• First half BTTS: both teams must score before the half time whistle. A much tougher ask, given how many Premier League matches open cagey.
• BTTS in both halves: each side has to score in each half. Rare, and priced accordingly.
• BTTS No: the other side of the same coin, and often the more interesting selection in matches involving a top defence.

For the latest Premier League odds and markets, including BTTS on every fixture, check out our dedicated EPL odds page here at Sportsbet.

If you are still finding your feet with the wider range of markets, our guide to how to bet on the Premier League walks through the fundamentals before you get to BTTS.

How to Read a Premier League Fixture for BTTS

Form guides tell you who is winning -and while that’s a great starting point, BTTS needs a different read.

Start with the EPL form and stats analysis, leaning on clean sheet records rather than goals scored. A side averaging two a game is only half the equation if their opponent has not been blanked in months.

Then split those records home and away, because the gap is usually wider than punters expect.

Plenty of Premier League teams are miserly at home and leaky on the road.

Team news matters more here than in the match result market, and that’s also why we try to cover everything we can here on our EPL betting tips section.

A first choice centre back or keeper missing changes the defensive picture immediately, and those absences are often better value before the market fully adjusts.

Match context does the rest. A side chasing European qualification against a team already safe will play a different game to two sides scrapping in April.

Tactical style feeds in too, since a high defensive line and aggressive wing-backs create chances at both ends by design.

One warning: three or four rounds into a season, club level BTTS percentages are noise. Wait for a real sample before treating them as evidence.

Where BTTS Punters Go Wrong

The most common mistake is assuming a heavy favourite guarantees goals at both ends.

Dominant sides often win by keeping the ball and conceding nothing, which is precisely the profile that kills a Yes.

The second is treating BTTS legs as easy filler in a multi. Each leg is close to a coin flip, so stacking six of them is far less friendly than it looks on the slip.

The third is recency. One 4-3 thriller does not make a team a BTTS side, and one clean sheet does not make them solid.

Look at the fuller record. It also pays to understand what xG means in football, since underlying numbers often tell you more than a single result.